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Continue reading →: BLOG TOUR – A Death in the Gym by Patrick HardyThis debut novel from Patrick Hardy is a wonderful slice of British Noir that makes for engaging reading. We first meet Josh Stern in his role as physical trainer at a gym, which is closed suddenly – later to be revealed that the closure is due to a body being…
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Continue reading →: BLOG TOUR – The Castle of Stories by Matt Cain
Adam Webb is stuck in a dreary meeting at a dull job when he gets an email out of the blue to inform him his Great Uncle, who he didn’t even know about, has passed away and bequeathed him a run down farmhouse and castle in Tuscany. Upon visiting his…
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Continue reading →: BLOG TOUR: Murder Off The Pages by Maggie AllswellREVIEW Matlock’s Sleuth on a (Mobility) Scooter, Judy, is called into action once again when a visitor calls on her late at night to tell her they’ve found the owner of the local chip shop, The Codfather, murdered. And so the Serial Killers Book Club are called back into action…
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Continue reading →: BLOG TOUR: Murder at the Cornish Book Club by Fliss ChesterREVIEW No trip to Cornwall is complete without a visit to a tea shop for a cream tea, and Maddie Penrose is baking up a storm at her gran’s farm tea room. Having grown up visiting the farm, Maddie has relocated from London to make Pendragon Bay her permanent home,…
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Continue reading →: BLOG TOUR – Murder at the Country Fair by Merryn AllinghamREVIEW There’s no perfect setting for a cosy mystery than a village country fair, and bookshop owner Flora and crime writer Jack are preparing for the Abbeymead event, when disaster strikes. Local cheesemaker Gilbert Barrow is found dead in his van, the instrument of his death being one of his…
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Continue reading →: REVIEW: The Fish and Chip Shop Detectives and the Campervan Murder by Jenny KaneFrom Hodder Fiction. When I finished The Fish and Chip Shop Detectives, I fell in love with the characters and the setting, and immediately pre-ordered the follow up – The Campervan Murder, and it does not disappoint. We return to Mousehole, Cornwall, and are immediately thrown into the action as…
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Continue reading →: REVIEW: Death by Canape by Faith EckersallPublished by Embla Books Hold on a sec – I’m just on the phone to renew my subscription to the Paddington Gazette… Harry Hedges, former London newspaper man, and now editor of the Paddington Gazette is back for another adventure, with his rag-tag crew. Someone is leaving fake bodies in…
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Continue reading →: REVIEW: Home Before Dark by Eva Björg ÆgisdóttirI’ve long been a fan of Scandinavian and Icelandic fiction, sometimes it’s great to slip out of my cosy lane and pick up something truly chilling. Home Before Dark is such a fantastic read. It’s not a book you can read a chapter of and put down – it’s best…
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Continue reading →: REVIEW: Murder on the Cornish Train by J M HallOn a stormy night, Jeff takes the sleeper train from Paddington out to Cornwall. He meets a number of people on the train, but upon arrival, one passenger is missing, and according to the train staff, never existed. Once he is settled into his Cornish digs, a body of one…
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Continue reading →: REVIEW: Death and Déjà Vu by Ian MooreOne of my favourite comfort reads is Ian Moore’s Follet Valley Mystery series. It’s a series I return to frequently, particularly the audiobooks, and they’re on my Instant Buy list when they’re released. The series follows the put-upon B&B owner and former film historian Richard and bounty hunter (and chihuahua…
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I’m a reader and knitter from North West England. I love mystery novels, knitting hats and scarves, and arguing with my three Norwegian Forest Cats. AuDHD. Chaotic. Cosy.
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